2011 MERCEDES-BENZ R-Class navigation

Comp
assfunct ion
You canseethecur ren tvehicle position and
direct ionoftravel inthe compass view.
X To switch onnavigat ionmode: pressthe
Ø function button .
X To show themenu: pressthe9button .
X Select Positio n in
the navigation menu
bar using the:=; buttonsand
press the9button tocon firm.
X Select Compass and
press the9button to
con firm.
Depen dingonthe previous state,switch
the option onO oroff ª. Ex
ample display: compass
: Current directionoftravel
; Current heightaboveaverage sealevel
(rounded tothe nearest 50m)
= Current vehicleposition :longitude
coordinat es
? Number ofGPS satellites currentlybeing
used
A Current vehicleposition: latitude
coordinat es
B Currently setsteerin gangle ofthe front
wheels
i Todisplay current height;,thesystem
must beable toreceive atleast four
satellites. Steeringangle Bcan bea
maximum of35° inboth direction s. Upda
tingthedigital map
Introdu ction The
digital mapsgenerated bythe map
software becomeoutdated inthe same way
as conv ention alroad maps. Optimal route
guidance canonly beprovided bythe
navigation systeminconj unct ionwith the
most up-to- datemapsoftware.
Infor mation aboutnewversions ofthe digital
map canbeobtained fromanauthorized
Mercedes-B enzCenter. Youcanhave your
digital mapupdated therewithaDVD ,or you
can update ityourself.
i The update process cantake along time
(over anhour), depending onthe size ofthe
map software. Duringthistime, youwill
only beable toswitch onradio mode and
to accept incomin gcalls. Theupdate willbe
completed morequickly ifthe vehicle is
station ary.
If you carry outtheupdate withtheengine
switched offand thestart erbattery has
insufficient power,COMAND may
automatically switchoffduring theprocess
in order toprotec tthe battery. Ifthis
occurs, restarttheupdate withtheengine
runnin g. G
War
ning!
Never runtheengine inan enclosed space.
The exhaust fumescontainpoisonous carbon
monox ide.Inhaling exhaustfumesis
hazardous toyour health andcanlead toloss
of consc iousness anddeath.
Upda teprocess X
Insert theDVD (Ypage 129).
The update begins. COMAND checks
whether thedigital maponthe DVD is
compatible withthenavigation systemand
system software.
If this isthe case andtheDVD 'smap data
has notalready beeninstalled, the
COMAND startsupdating thedigital map. Additional
settings
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If
the map data hasalready been install ed,
the disp layshows version dataanda
messag eto this effect.
X To con firm themessage :press the9
button.
X Eject theDVD.
Whil ethe update isrunning, youwillsee a
messag eto this effect andaprogress bar.The
naviga tionsystem isnot opera tional untilthe
upd ate iscomplete.
i You cannot ejecttheDVD duringthe
upd ate. Ifyou switch offCOMAND during
the update, theupdate isinterrupted. It
then continues fromwhere itwas
interrupted whenthesystem isrestarted.
COMAND mayprompt youtochange theDVD
duri ngthe update.
X Press theV load/eject button.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot.
X Insert thereque stedDVD.
Once theupdate has been successfu lly
completed, youwillsee amessag eto this
effect.
X To con firm themessage :press the9
button.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot.
The update iscomplete.
If the upd ateisnot successfu llycompleted,
you willsee amessag ethat themap update
is not possi ble.
X To con firm themessage :press the9
button.
X Take theDVD outofthe slot. 90
Addition
alsettingsNavigation system

Problems
withthenavigation system Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
cont inue route
guida nceafter the
journey hasbeen
interr upted. Route
guidanceiscanceled ifyou interr uptthejourney formore
than twohours.
"Interr upting thejourney" referstostopping thevehicle and
switching offCOMAND. "Continuing routeguidance"refers to
switching COMAND backonand driving on.
X Continue routeguidance(Ypage 68).
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
COMAND
isunable to
determine thevehicle's
position. COMAND
hastoredetermine theposition ofthe vehicle ifthe
vehicle hasbeen transport ed(e.g. byferry, bymotorail orafter
towing).
X Start thevehicle andpullaway .
COMAND determines thevehicle's position.Depending onthe
driving situation, thismay take some time.
Route guidancemay berestric tedduring thedeterminat ionof
the vehicle's position.
When positioning iscomplete, routeguidanceisresumed with
navigation announcementsandroute guidancedisplay s. Problems
withthenavigation system
91Navigation system Z

Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
Navigation Unavailable message
appea rs. COMAND
hasanintegrated harddiskonwhich thedigital mapis
stored.
To protect thehard diskfrom damage, COMAND switchesitoff at
very high temperatures. Thenavigation systemwillthen be
temporarily unavailable.
X Let the vehicle andCOMAND cooldown.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain. If
an area ofthe hard dischasamalfunction ,COMAND canno
longer access themap data inthis area, forexample when
calculating aroute.
X To hide themessage: switchCOMAND offand then onagain.
The navigation systemwillbeoperational againuntilithas to
access thefaulty areaofthe hard diskonce more. Themessage
will then reappear.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
You
willsee amessage
informin gyou that the
DVD containing the
digital mapis
incompatible withthe
system software. The
DVD containing thedigital mapcannot beused forthe update.
X To confirm themessage: pressthe9button.
X Ejec tthe DVD .
X Have thesystem software updatedatan authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center. Problem Possible
causes/co nsequences andM Solutions
The
map software
update hasfailed. The
DVD isdirty orscratc hed.
X Clea nthe DVD .
X Restart theupdate. There
isoverheating duetoexcessive temperatures inthe vehicle
interior.
X Wait untilthevehicle interior hascooled down.
X Restart theupdate. COMAND's
integralharddiskisfaulty.
X Consult anauthorized Mercedes-B enzCenter. 92
Problems
withthenavigation systemNavigationsystem

Add
ingaph one num bertoan address
book entry X
Call upacall listand selectan entry
(Y page 107).
X Se lec tOpt ions usin
gth e; buttona nd
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect SaveEnt ry and
pressthe 9
bu tton toconfi rm.
i Sav eEnt ry is
sho wningra yif the
sel ecte dlist entry hasal rea dybeen saved .
X Sel ect Add and
pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the num ber,e.g .
Hom e ,
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect acate goryfor the phone ,e.g .
Mob ile Pho
ne ,
and pressthe 9button to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Save .
The search menu foraddre ssbook entri es
ap pe ars.
X Sea rch forthe desired entry (Ypage 104) .
X Pre ssthe 9button whenyouha ve fini she d
sea rchi ng.
CO MAND storesthe data ifther ear efew er
tha nfive numb ersassign edtothe entryyou
are searc hingforinthe selec tednumb er
cat egory.
You willsee amess agetothis effect .
If five numb ersare stored forthe entryyou
are searc hingfor,a prom ptwill appear
askin gwhet heryou wish toover writeone
of the exis tingnumb ers.
X Selec tYes or
No and
press the9butt on
to con firm .
If you selec tYes ,
a selec tionlistwith the
five existingnumb ersisdisplayed.
If you selec tNo ,
the proc esswillbe
can celed.
X Selec tthe numb erto be over written from
the listusing the9: buttons and
press the9butt ontocon firm .
COMA NDover writesthe selec tednumb er
with thenew data. Deleting
calllists
i The stored calllistsremain inCOMA ND,
even ifyou useCOMA NDwith another
mobile phone.For this reason ,delet ethe
call listsbefor esellin gor transf errin g
owner shipofyour vehic le.
X Selec tCall Lists in
the telep honebasic
men uusing the:=; buttons
and press the9butt ontocon firm .
X Selec tDele teCall Lists and
press the
9 butt ontocon firm .
Aq uery appear sask ing ifall call listsare to
be delet ed.
X Se lec tYes or
No and
pressthe9 button
to confirm .
If you selectYes ,
th ecall listsare delet ed.
If you selectNo ,
th epro ces swill be
can celed. Using
thead dress book Int
rod uction G
Wa
rning!
Pleas edev oteyour attentio nfirst and
for emost tothe traffic situat ionyou arein.
Bef ore your journey, please familiar ize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions.
Only usetheCOMA NDwhen roadandtraffic
con dition sperm ityou todo so. Oth erwise you
could beinvolved inan acc ident inwhich you
or oth ers could beinjured.
The address bookorgan izesandstores
ent ries fromd ifferen tsources (mobile phone,
SD memory card,COMAND telephone book,
navigation system).
You canusethese entriestomake telephone
calls andfornavigation.
i Address bookentriesare not deleted
when themobile phoneisremoved. Forthis
reason, youshould deleteyourpersonal
data using thereset functionbefore selling
your vehicle, forexample (Ypage 43). Using
theaddress book
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Opt
ion 3 X
Select anaddress bookentryinthe list
using the9: buttons.
X Press the6 button .
The callismade. Sta
rting rout eguidance toan entry
Opt ion 1 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110)with the ¤icon andselec tit
from thelist.
X Displ aythe detai ledview foranadd ress
book entry (Ypag e112).
X Select theaddress data fieldu sing the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm.
Option 2 X
Search foranaddress bookentry
(Y page 110)withthe¤icon andselect it
from thelist.
X Select Options using
the; button and
press the9button toconfirm.
X Select Navigate and
press the9button
to confirm.
Once theaddress dataiscomplete andifit
matches thedigital map,route guidance
starts.
Subseque ntoperation willdepend onhow
complete theaddress dataitems areand
whether theycorrespond withthedata in
the digital mapinthe navigation system.
They donot correspond, forexample, if
they arenot written inthe same wayasthe
destination entry. Voice
tags
Adding orchanging avoice tag You
canentervoic etag svia theVoic eCont rol
Syst em(see thesepar ateoper ating
ins truct ions).Onceyou have assign edavoic e
tag toan addre ssbook entry,you can verbally
call upthis ent ryand dialaphon enum ber,for
exam ple.You canadd onevoic etag per
addre ssbook entry.
X Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith or
with outavoic etag (¦ icon)
(Y page 110).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctAdd or
Cha nge and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
Subs equen toperation isvoice- controlled.
The Voice ControlSyst emthen guides you
thr ough thedialogs.
Deleting avoice tag X
Sear chfor anaddre ssbook entrywith a
voic etag (Ypage 110).
X Sele ctOpt ions usin
gth e; buttonand
pres sth e9 butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctVoi ceName and
pres sth e9
butt ontocon firm.
X Sele ctDel ete and
pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm.
Ad eletion prompt appears.
X Select Yes or
No and
press the9button
to con firm.
If you select Yes ,
COMAND deletesthe
voice tag.
If you select No ,
the process willbe
canc eled. Using
theadd ress book
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X
Sel ect Aux us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The audioAUX menu appe ars .You will hear
the medium inthe exter nalaudio source if
it is conn ected andswitched toplayb ack. For
operation ofthe exter nalaudio source,
please seethecorrespon dingoperating
instr uctions.
You willfind details onvolume (Ypage 27)
and sound (Ypage 28)settings inthe "Ata
glance" section. G
War
ning!
Ext ernal audio sources mayhave different
volumes, whichcanmean thatsystem
messages suchastraffic announc ementsand
navigation systemannounc ementsare much
louder. Ifnecessary, pleasedeactivate the
system messages oradjust theirvolume
manually. 150
Audio
AUXmodeAudio

COMA
NDaccessesalldisc sin theDV D
ch ang er.
If th evide oDV Dfun ction was selected
pre viously, itwill nowbe act ive.
If you have another disc modeact ivat ed:
X Se lec tMed ia .
The med ialist appear s.
X Se lec ta vide oDV D(Y page 134).
Op tion3 X
Sh ow themen u(Y page 154).
X Se lec tVid eo in
themain function bar usin g
th e9=; buttons and pressthe
9 buttonto confirm .
If vide oDV Dm ode was thelast mode
selected, itwill now beactive.
If another videosource isswitched on,you
can now switch toDVD mode inthe video
menu.
X Select Video using
the9 button and
press the9button toconf irm.
The video menu appears.
X Select DVD-Video and
press the9button
to conf irm. Showing/hiding
thenavigation menu
X To show: pressthe9 or: button .
i This funct ionisnot availa blewhile the
DVD 'sown menu (Ypage 156)isbeing
display ed.
X To hide: press the9 or: button .
or
X Wait forapproximately eightseconds. Navigation
menudisplaye d
: Type ofdata medium
; Current track
= Current scene
? Track time
A Toshow themenu Showing/
hidingthemenu
This funct ionisnot availa blewhile theDVD 's
own menu (Ypage 156)isbeing display ed.
X To show: pressthe9button .
or
X Select Menu while
thenavigation menuis
shown andpress the9button toconf irm.
X To hide: press the9 button ,select
Full Screen and
press the9button to
conf irm. Menu
shown
: Video DVDoptions
; Pause function
= Stop function 154
Video
DVDmodeVideo